Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, and bilateral hearing loss due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss based on the results of an audiometric test showing no worse than Level I hearing acuity in both ears.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded a claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo as secondary to a service-connected disability, and an acquired psychiatric disorder claimed as depression.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hearing loss due to a lack of a current disability.

The Board granted service connection for a left ear hearing loss disability and tinnitus, but denied it for a right ear hearing loss disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss and a rating in excess of 30% for PTSD.

The Board remands the claim for a higher evaluation for the bilateral hearing loss due to an alleged duty to assist error regarding scheduling of a VA examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss based on the results of a September 2023 VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus based on a continuity of symptomatology, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to the lack of evidence showing it was incurred during or related to active service.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to a need for additional evidence and an adequate medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a respiratory condition, otitis externa, gastroenteritis, a sleeping disorder, and a left leg injury as the evidence did not support current diagnoses of these conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence of chronic in-service symptoms or a relationship between the current disability and any injury or disease during service.

The Board denied higher initial ratings for bilateral hearing loss and a total disability rating based on individual employability (TDIU).

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left ear hearing loss, finding that the evidence did not support a causal relationship between the current disability and in-service noise exposure.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for right ear hearing loss for an adequate medical opinion as the previous VA examination did not consider the Veteran's testimony that her hearing loss began in service and worsened afterward.

The Board granted a 20 percent disability evaluation for degenerative joint disease and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with sciatica of the legs, effective September 1, 2012. The claims for increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and amputation of the distal right ring finger were denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus to obtain an adequate VA addendum etiology opinion.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to an inadequate VA examination and a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the Veteran's military service in Vietnam.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current disability for VA purposes.